Fender for carriage-wheels



(No Model.)

C. B. HAYNES.

FENDER FOR CARRIAGE WHEELS.

No. 328,941. Patented Oct. 27, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orr cn.

CARLOS B. HAYNES, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

FENDER FOR CARRIAGE-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 328,941, dated October 27, 1885.

Application filed February 20, 1885. Serial No. 156,545. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARLOS B. HAYNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shields for Carriage-Wheels,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to protect the I wearing apparel of persons while in the act of entering a carriage or alighting therefrom against mud or dust adhering to the wheels of the carriage.

This I accomplish by means of a device made of sheet metal or other suitable material and detachably affixed to the wheels, as here-' sents a carriage-wheel provided with my improved shield O, which covers one-quarter, more or less, of the felly of the wheel, and is removably attached thereto.

The shield is made of sheet metal, leather, or other suitable material, and nearly corresponds to the circle of the wheel. The top part is sufficiently wide to loosely cover the width of the tire, and the sides sufficiently deep to cover the felly of the wheel. A spring, D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is attached to the shield for the purpose of holding the latter on the wheel. A handle, E, as shown in Fig. 2, is attached to the shield to facilitate its adjustment to the wheel and its removal therefrom.

This device is essential in enabling a person, especially a lady or child, to handle the shield with facility.

It also serves to prevent contact of the hand of the manipulator with dust or mud on the wheel. The shield when not in position is placed under the seat of the carriage or in some other convenient place.

When the carriage is ready for occupancy, the shield is taken by the handle and placed on that portion of the periphery of the wheel near the entrance to the carriage. As'the handle and the bifurcated spring are in near proximity to each other, a slight pressure of the hand on the former will cause the latter to open and grasp the felly. WVhen the hand is removed,the spring will automatically hold the shield in position until the occupants of the carriage areready to have it removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, a shield for carriage-wheels, composed of an arc-shaped rim corresponding nearly to the circle of the wheel, and segmental sides adapted to c'over a segment of the wheel, said shield being provided with a bifurcated spring adapted to grasp the felly of the wheel, and a handle applied to said shield near the spring to facilitate its opening and the adjustment and removal of the shield, substantially as described.

CARLOS B. HAYNES.

WVitnesses:

SiLAs R. MILLs, O. L. THRALL. 

